n. | 1. | Literally, the love of, inducing the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws. | ||||||||||||
2. | A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained. | |||||||||||||
3. | Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; | |||||||||||||
4. | Reasoning; argumentation. | |||||||||||||
5. | The course of sciences read in the schools. | |||||||||||||
6. | A treatise on philosophy.
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2. | philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | |
3. | philosophy - any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it" |
philosophy - See computer ethics, liar paradox, netiquette, proof. |